Bobby Zamora
Zamora training with Queens Park Rangers in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Lester Zamora | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Barking, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Senrab | |||
| West Ham United | |||
| –1999 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Bath City (loan) | ||
| 2000 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 6 | (6) |
| 2000–2003 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 119 | (70) |
| 2003–2004 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | West Ham United | 130 | (30) |
| 2008–2012 | Fulham | 91 | (20) |
| 2012–2015 | Queens Park Rangers | 83 | (12) |
| 2015–2016 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | (7) |
| Total | 475 | (145) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2003 | England U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | England | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert Lester "Bobby" Zamora (born 16 January 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Zamora began his career at Football League club Bristol Rovers, but was soon signed by Brighton & Hove Albion, where he found first team success. Zamora scored 77 goals in three seasons and helped the club achieve two successive promotions.
Following a spell at Tottenham Hotspur, Zamora was signed by West Ham United, where he played for five years and won promotion to the Premier League. Zamora joined Fulham in 2008, where, in his first season, he played regularly but scored only four goals. However, Zamora's form in the 2009–10 season gained praise and subsequently saw the player gain a call-up for England. Zamora had an important role in Fulham's successes in the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Europa League, before transferring to Queens Park Rangers in January 2012. He returned to play for Brighton in 2015 and retired from football in December 2016.
Zamora also played for the England national under-21 team before gaining his first full cap at senior level almost a decade later.
Born in Barking, London, Zamora attended Essex Junior School (in Manor Park) followed by Little Ilford School before moving onto Barking Abbey Secondary School. As a boy, he played for Senrab in east London, alongside John Terry, Ledley King, Paul Konchesky and Jlloyd Samuel. A lifelong West Ham United fan, he started his footballing career as an apprentice at the club's "Academy of Football" but was released from the East London club on the same year group as Samuel, Fitz Hall and Konchesky.
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